There is an intensifying and increasingly shrill debate as to whether the US and China are on the brink of a new kind of cold war. Those who say they’re not cite one major difference between their rivalry and that of the US and Soviet Union in the cold war: the US-China struggle has not […]
The South China Sea and Taiwan have made Council of Foreign Relations’ Centre for Preventative Action list of hotspots for potential armed conflict in 2019. While the issue of the South China Sea has been on the list before, it marks the first time that Taiwan has been included. North Korea and Iran remain on […]
Indonesia has opened a military base on the southern edge of the South China Sea, in territorial waters claimed by China and several other countries. The base was opened Dec. 18 on the remote island of Natuna Besar, part of the Natuna Islands—one of Indonesia’s northernmost areas, located between the Malay Peninsula and the island […]
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, left, and US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis meet at the Pentagon, September 18, 2018. THE Department of National Defense (DND) wants a review of the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States, saying that it is high time both sides looked into its provisions given the dispute in the South […]
In a disturbing trend, America’s greatest foes are moving to take power. It’s a global game of influence, intimidation and exploitation. Trump’s Terrible Year President Trump is in retreat. And Russia and China are seizing the opportunity. The US Syria pullout is part of a global shift in power — with Putin building a base […]
The government of Indonesia inaugurated a military base in the Natuna Islands on Tuesday, in the South China Sea and near disputed territory that China has increasingly colonized using the manufacture of artificial islands and illegal coast guard patrols. The Natuna Islands are part of Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone and not claimed by China. China […]
The stage is set for a major conflict igniting in the hotly disputed maritime region which policy makers and observers fear may end up spiralling out of control WAR between the US and Chinese forces in the South China Sea could break out in 2019, leading experts fear. Concerns are mounting the two superpowers could […]
A Philippine lawmaker has proposed a bill to honour an international court’s ruling in favour of Manila in its maritime dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea, saying the move would boost national pride. Gary C. Alejano, of the Magdalo Party-List, wants a working holiday to commemorate a verdict in The Hague on July […]
At first it seemed a mystery to rank alongside that of the Marie Celeste or other ghost ships. Earlier this month a Chinese fishing crew came across a completely deserted ferry floating in the East China Sea. Wang Weiping, the skipper of the fishing boat that found the liner early on Thursday 300 nautical miles […]
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – 2018/12/16: A protester seen holding a burning flare during the protest against the new labour law approved by the right wing conservative government lead by Viktor Orban. A US Navy ship had an “unsafe” interaction with a Chinese warship September 30 while the US vessel was conducting a freedom of navigation operation […]